Eiri and Shuichi
A Nap on a Lap
An A/U Gravitation/Liquid Rodent picture

This is the sixth drawing where I used photographs as part of the background. No references were used to make this piece.

This is yet another traditional drawing with an #F pencil and shading smeared using stumps. The title refers to Eiri crashing into Shu's lap after they have run around on the beach for a while.

You can see the differences in my current style compared to this past style. I was still developing a style for this universe at the time I made these drawings. What I draw now is much better than this, but these older drawings helped develop the style I have today so they are valid as learning tools to show the progression of my style.

S was an absolute PAIN to draw at that time. The eyes drove me bonkers and the mouth would not cooperate. The body was 'okay' but nothing wonderful. The arms were a mess and the fingers, blegh.

This drawing sat in the sketchbook until July 2004, when it was finally pulled out, scanned and the cg completed. When I found this drawing, I noticed I had last touched it back in May 2003. It was almost completed except for S's mouth, a part I had been fighting on and off for a long time.

I declared it completed and signed/dated it, using both the old date and the new date. It is like a 'drawing' dated and a 'drawing's done' date.

The drawing was scanned and adjusted so the piece had a stronger contrast than the original drawing.

Photos of palm trees taken by the onna in Hawaii and California, were used to add to the background. A Photoshop built-in texture was used for the wood picture frame.

The beach chair cushion pattern is a graphic taken from The Seam Shoppe website, an excellent place to find yummy fabrics with a tropical theme. (http://www.tropicalfabricsonline.com)